Capacity Chart

Please note that the maximum capacities below indicate an empty room with only tables and chairs. If you need to include staging, catering tables, audio-visual equipment, or registration tables, the room capacity will decrease. Please note if no capacity is listed, the associated layout is not possible in the respective room.

Standard Seating Layouts for LMU Events

Two side-by-side groupings of eight chairs in six rows facing forward

Theater Style

Appropriate for short lectures or larger groups that do not require extensive note-taking.

Two rows of four back-to-back tables with three chairs per table facing inward

Board of Directors

Intimate meetings of committee members or discussion groups.

Tables arranged in a large square with empty space in the center. Four tables along the top and bottom, and three tables along the left and right sides, with three chairs per table facing inward

Hollow Square

Appropriate for groups fewer than 40 where there is a group leader or panel seated at the head of the setup.

Two groupings of two side-by-side tables in four rows, three seats per table facing forward

Classroom Style

Ideal for note-taking or meetings requiring handouts or laptops.

U-Shape

Events where the focal point is in the center and/or interaction between participants is encouraged.

Three rows of eight round tables, each with eight chairs

Banquet

Used for meals and small group discussions. 5-foot round tables comfortably seat eight people.

Main Campus

Meeting Room	Square Footage	Classroom	Theater	Hollow Square	Board of Directors	U-Shape	Banquet
Ahmanson Central	3,740	-	-	-	-	-	384
Ahmanson North	2,100	-	-	-	-	-	108
Alumni Mall	54,000	Call for Information
Bird Nest	1,370	-	-	-	12	-	32
Bird Nest Lawn	3,000	-	-	-	-	-	200
Burns Classroom	Varies	25	-	-	-	-	-
Burns Rec Back Court	6,120	300	700	-	-	-	328
Burns Rec Center Court	12,900	Call for Information
Burns Rec Center Ct 1	6,450	Call for Information
Burns Rec Center Ct 2	6,450	Call for Information
Burns Rec Studio 1	2,800	Call for Information
Burns Rec Studio 2	1,480	Call for Information
Com Classroom	Varies	15 - 35	-	-	-	-	-
Founder's Room	1,150	24	90	32	30	24	56
Gersten Pavilion	20,900	-	4000	-	-	-	-
Hilton 100	2,500	-	325	-	-	-	-
Hilton Classroom	Varies	14 - 50	-	-	-	-	-
Lawton Plaza	20,300	Call for Information
Leavey Field	12,800	Sporting events only
Life Sciences Auditorium (LSB 120)	2,200	-	273	-	-	-	-
Living Room	1,300	AS IS
Malone 112A	675	18	48	16	20	16	20
Malone 112AB	1,225	36	80	36	28	30	32
Malone 112B	540	18	40	12	8	16	20
Malone 306	540	-	-	28	-	-	-
Malone Boardroom	320	-	-	-	12	-	-
Murphy Recital Hall	3,270	-	212	-	-	-	-
Pereira 140	1,160	100	-	-	-	-	-
Pereira Classroom	Varies	45 - 55	-	-	-	-	-
Regents Terrace	12,000	Call for Information
Sculpture Gardens	15,200	-	-	-	-	-	600
Seaver 100	2,025	200	-	-	-	-	-
Seaver Classroom	Varies	45 - 50	-	-	-	-	-
St Robert's Grass	15,800
St. Robert's Auditorium	3,240	60	300	60	20	52	200
St. Robert's Classroom	Varies	30 - 48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunken Gardens	149,000	Call for Information
The Hill	2,300	42	120	36	24	36	112
The Loft	1,350	Call for Information

University Hall

Meeting Room	Square Footage	Classroom	Theater	Hollow Square	Board of Directors	U-Shape	Banquet
Ahmanson Auditorium	2,400	-	176	-	-	-	-
Crimson Lion	1,300	-	-	-	-	-	50
ECC 1857	2,011	60	150	40	34	34	120
Marymount Institute	1,000	-	50	-	-	-	48
Roski	5,000	-	360	-	-	-	280
Shea Terrace	4,617	Call For Information
UHall Atrium	25,880	-	-	-	-	-	-
UNH 1775	938	40	40	24	16	18	-
UNH Classroom	Varies	30 - 48	-	-	-	-	-
UNH McIntosh	1,420	60	100	42	32	33	72